Today I met a young space scientist. Today I met a young #WomenInSTEM. Today I met a young me! You can't be what you can't see. Put yourself out there, your experience is important. Today you could inspire someone! Be the role model you needed growing up 🚀 10/10

It me.

2020 reaaaaallllllly testing whether the historians of the United States can, in fact, manage to NOT become blind-drunk alcoholics who rage-punt their devices everytime they see that things like "Gone with the Wind" are trending for all the wrong reasons

Physics for Poets.

Our Asst Dean, who is a Wisconsin grad (On Wisconsin!) walked into my office today and told me you scan into Memorial Library because of an axe attack in the '70s and I'm shook. Because I am a historian and was a reporter for the Badger Herald and I NEVER HEARD THIS STORY.

Congratulations UNG Class of 2020! We may be virtual, but that degree is the real deal.

Wow! Fascinating article from Dr. Erin N. Bush about the "care and training of incorrigible or vicious" girls at the Virginia Home and Industrial School for Girls in #BonAir bit.ly/3fwfeZI #RVA #Cfield

Many congratulations Ann!! So exciting.

Progressive era reformers worried that vulnerable, yet threatening, "delinquent" girls would cause social problems. Historian Erin N. Bush (Dr. Erin N. Bush) tells the story of attempts to mitigate Virginia's "young girl problem." bit.ly/3fwfeZI

Thanks to C-VILLE Weekly for including Brent Tarter's GERRYMANDERS: How Redistricting Has Protected Slavery, White Supremacy, and Partisan Minorities in Virginia in their cover story this week: bit.ly/3dfwNfN. More: at.virginia.edu/2IhgMux #gerrymandering #vapolitics

🗣🗣 New Zoom happy hour / professional development series from our friends SAWH. First up this Thursday 10/15 @ 4:30 EST: "Let’s Talk: SAWH Mentoring in Action” with Jane Turner Censer, Barbara A. Gannon, and Dr. Erin N. Bush. Join the conversation at gmu.zoom.us/j/2791640307?p….

And our recent graduate student alumni are out in the world doing amazing things, including Dr. Jannelle Legg, Sara Collini, PhD, Dr. Erin N. Bush, Eric Gonzaba, LaQuanda Walters Cooper, Joshua Catalano, and Amanda Regan, Ph.D., just to name a few.

I gave a paper today! Back in the world.. #sawh2022

#sawh2022 Dr. Leah LaGrone speaking on contradictory policing within early 20th c Texas red light districts.

Such great news! The Social Welfare History Image Portal has been awarded the Center for Research Libraries 2018 Primary Source Award for Access. A great collaborative project I am pleased to lead! Image courtesy AmericanLaborMuseum bit.ly/2keXMNK #archives #primarysources